In Reply to: Clueless posted by Victor Khomenko on December 1, 2011 at 12:34:11:
Kubrick's greatest and features brilliant performances, throughout. Before all that, though, there's the luscious Sue Lyon (grrrrrrrrrrr...). Shelley Winters, James Mason, and, of course, the incredible Peter Sellers make this a film I can watch an unlimited number of times.
I couldn't read the book, though I tried more than once. Nabokov was a diseased man, brazenly expressing a desperate fondness for pre-pubescent girls; Lolita was, for obvious reasons, aged into a curvaceous teen for the film. Kubrick took a dirty little salacious tale and made it high art.
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Follow Ups
- Since you unofficially changed it to "favorite," I'd have to go with "Lolita." It may be - tinear 16:12:23 12/01/11 (5)
- Since there is no objective measure, Best = Favorite - Victor Khomenko 17:17:13 12/01/11 (4)
- "L'Atalante" "Boudu" "Rules of the Game" "La Mere et la Putain:" so many - tinear 19:58:12 12/01/11 (3)
- That's why I stick with Alicia - I am glad someone is even more clueless than I - Victor Khomenko 06:20:42 12/02/11 (2)
- "Satantango?" Strange. I just re-watched for the fourth or fifth time, "Werckmeister Harmonies." Each one - tinear 12:58:43 12/02/11 (1)
- So far I think The Man from London is my favorite films of his - Victor Khomenko 15:30:57 12/03/11 (0)